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Niphargus lourensis subsp. skirosi Karaman G. S. 2018

  • 1. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, 46.7 km Athens-Sounio Av., Anavyssos 19013, Greece. & ntakisal @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7072 - 5838
  • 2. Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, 46.7 km Athens-Sounio Av., Anavyssos 19013, Greece.
  • 3. Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Jamnikarjeva ul. 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Cene. Fiser @ bf. uni-lj. si; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1982 - 8724
  • 4. Evolutionary Biology & Ecology, Universiteì Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. fabio. stoch @ ulb. ac. be; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 4535 - 3769

Description

Niphargus lourensis skirosi Karaman G.S., 2018

Published records: Pesce G.L. & Maggi D. (1983); Karaman G.S. (2018c).

Distribution: Endemic to Greece: Skiros Island (WA).

Type material: Holotype: male 8 mm, G-213.= Skiros island, Molos, radar station, 2 wells, water temperature 13.3°C, pH 7.1, 01.07.1980, 2 exp. (leg. G. Pesce), Karaman G.S. (2018c). Examined material: G-212= Skiros island, Molos, 50 m from the coast, 2 wells, water temperature 15.2°C, pH 7.3, 01.07.1980, 2 exp. (leg. G. Pesce) Karaman G.S. (2018c); G-216= Skiros island, Road Linaria-Skiros, 6 km from Skiros city, 2 wells, pH 7.1, water temperature 15.0°C, 02.07.1980, 3 exp. (leg. G. Pesce) Karaman G.S. (2018c); G-217= Skiros island, Aspous, 2 wells, along the road Linaria-Skiros, water temperature 15.1°C, pH 7.1, 02.07.1980, 1 exp. (leg. G. Pesce) Karaman G.S. (2018c); G-218 (slides G-218/1, 218/2, 218/3) = Skiros island, Aspous, 2 wells, along the road Linaria- Skiros, water temperature 15.1°C, pH7.1, 02.07.1980, 1 exp. (leg. G. Pesce), female 7mm (slides G-218/1, 218/2, 218/3) Karaman G.S. (2018c); male 6 mm, G-222= Skiros Island, along road Linaria-Skiros, 2 km. from Linaria, water temperature 15.1°C, pH 7.1, 03.07.1980, 4 exp. (leg. G. Pesce), Karaman G.S. (2018c). Holotype deposited in KCPM.

Remarks: Niphargus lourensis skirosi is related morphologically to N. lourensis Fišer, Trontelj & Sket, 2006. There are few minor morphological differences that justify its attribution toa separate subspecies (Karaman G.S., 2018c). As the males of the nominal subspecies are not known, accurate comparison cannot be achieved. In addition, the two species inhabit different zoogeographical regions, the subspecies N. l. skirosi in the central Aegean Sea and the nominal subspecies in Epirus, northwestern Greece. Hence, the subspecies status needs to be revised using molecular tools.

Etymology: The specific name skirosi derives from the type locality, Skiros Island, where the species was collected.

Notes

Published as part of Ntakis, Alexandros, Karaouzas, Ioannis, Fišer, Cene & Stoch, Fabio, 2020, An annotated checklist of the Niphargidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of Greece, pp. 517-544 in Zootaxa 4772 (3) on page 531, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4772.3.5, http://zenodo.org/record/3856611

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
KCPM
Event date
1980-01-07
Verbatim event date
1980-01-07/03-07
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Niphargidae
Genus
Niphargus
Species
skirosi
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Niphargus lourensis subsp. skirosi S., 2018 sec. Ntakis, Karaouzas, Fišer & Stoch, 2020

References

  • Fiser, C., Trontelj, P. & Sket, B. (2006) Phylogenetic analysis of the Niphargus orcinus species-aggregate (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Niphargidae) with description of new taxa. Journal of Natural History, 40, 2265 - 2315. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930601086572